By Kirpa Ram, Manmohan Sarin

Carbonaceous aerosols, an ubiquitous element of Earth’s surroundings, give a contribution ~20-70% of overall aerosol mass over city areas and impact radiation finances, hydrological cycle and weather on a nearby to international scale either through direct and oblique results. The formation of secondary aerosols, together with the airborne debris of fundamental foundation, has been lately well-known as a dominant method contributing to pollution over city components. moreover, secondary aerosols are extra hygroscopic and play a huge function within the amendment of the cloud activation approaches via appearing as cloud-condensation nuclei (CCN). consequently, figuring out chemical features of basic emission assets and secondary aerosol formation is important to guage their function within the amendment in absorption homes and CCN actions. This e-book investigates the chemical composition, microphysical and absorption houses of carbonaceous aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic undeniable and crucial Himalaya in northern India.